The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office is responding to an urgent situation involving a flash fire at a chemical plant in eastern Harris County.

The operator of a pipeline facility in California that was forced to shut down deliveries of gasoline and diesel from the Los Angeles area east to areas including Las Vegas and Phoenix due to a leak says it expects to resume operations on Saturday afternoon.

A leak in a fuel pipeline facility in California has forced a shutdown of deliveries of gasoline and diesel from the Los Angeles to areas including Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Emergency crews are responding to a gas line explosion that occurred along the banks of the Trinity River near the near the Polk-San Jacinto county line, according to the authorities. The incident involved a Kinder Morgan pipeline, according to the Polk County Office of Emergency Management. Kinder Morgan is on site and the situation is contained, the agency said in an update via Facebook. The explosion happened around 7:40 a.m. Sunday, according to the San Jacinto Office of Emergency Management. At one point, Shepherd residents were asked to evacuate their homes, but have since been told they can return.